A NEWS Diggers! investigation has revealed that the Rwandese national called Nsengiyumva Appolinaire, who was named by that country's rebel leader Maj Nsabimana Sankara Calliixte in a court testimony as his link to President Edgar Lungu, is actually a member of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) procurement committee in Zambia. And Appolinaire has told News...

VETERAN politician Vernon Mwaanga says political leaders should grow up and put Zambia first; above their personal greed and ambition in order to end violence. And Mwaanga says President Edgar Lungu should appoint a small non-partisan advisory council of elders to independently and objectively advise him on important issues. Meanwhile, Mwaanga says Parliament should immediately...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says the civil service is riddled with highly incompetent PF cadres with questionable qualifications who will be fired when he forms government. And Hichilema says although there will be no single serving minister who will be reappointed under the UPND government, people must expect him to work with some of them...

PATRIOTIC Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says any disciplinary action against Eastern Province chairperson Emmanuel Banda popularly known as Jay Jay will have to be dealt with at provincial level before the recommendations are brought to the Central Committee. In a statement, Monday, PF media director Sunday Chanda said Mwila directed Eastern Province Chairman Andrew...

FORMER Mufumbwe PF Member of Parliament Stephen Masumba says the party should lift the suspension slapped on North-Western Provincial chairperson Jackson Kungo for suspicions of corruption because he deserves the same treatment as corruption-charged Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya. In April, PF secretary General Davies Mwila suspended Kungo for corruption allegations committed at Kansenseli Mine...

THE high copper prices on the international market may not translate into an improved Zambian economy because the global macroeconomic environment remains volatile while mining companies’ cash flow position is still constrained, says the Zambia Chamber of Mines. The Chamber also says that electricity supply to mining companies has remained stable despite the lapsed Bulk...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has urged citizens to wait for Cabinet to make a decision on whether the country will be put on lockdown following the rise in COVID-19 cases. In an interview, Dr Ng’andu said the decision would be announced in due course. “The lockdown decision is a decision that is taken by...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says it is hypocritical for President Edgar Lungu to call on the Church to pray for peace when he has failed to lead the way in ending political violence in the country. In an interview, Katuka wondered whether President Lungu had no knowledge that as Head of State, he had...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for debt relief and cancellation in light of reduced revenue due to the negative impact of COVID-19. According to a statement from Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe, Monday, the two leaders had a telephone meeting. “President Lungu called for...

GENERAL Education Minister David Mabumba says suspected cases of COVID-19 have been reported in some schools but the Ministry of Health is yet to confirm whether or not they are positive. And Mabumba says his ministry is in talks with private schools to come up with a reasonable user fee for e-learning classes. In an...